Twenty Years Ago Reader Quiz and Local News Snippets
Twenty Years Ago items recap a memory quiz on geography history and famous names with answers to 10 questions. The column notes World War II era topics and a police traffic change at Washington Center streets plus local theft and a death in Glens Falls New York.
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P Gentry
Atlantic City
N. J
Worcester
St Glens Falls, N
Julius Jacobson
A. Gunbinsky
Sam ‘Jacobson
Cily
Corry
Buick
de- Forest
Buick Company
West Main Street
G. S. Mitchell
Sunday Socials and Local Visits Across Erie County
Area residents share visits and gatherings with kin and friends. Many households in Union City, Corry, Wattsburg, and nearby towns hosted guests from Jamestown, Albion, Erie, and Seattle while others planned reunions, picnics, and church events at Harter Hall and Mead Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sant Stull
Mark Richards
Sim Stultz
David
Mark
Ene
Walter Dingfelder
Rie
Cecil Hamington
Wattsburg
Melvin Yoder
Spartansburg
Stoliafus
Martin Janosec
Ann Badik
Youngstown
Tours Sexton
New Castle
Warren Bare
Salem
Zem P. Alkens
Lindy Allens
Jill Thiel
Syracuse
May Harri
Woncord Township
Pifly
Wells McGray
Mead Park
Ralph Crick
Ashville
Mary
Donnie
Harold McCray
Jamestown
Arthur Lyons
Charles Bibeaut
Howard Rose
Union City
Pauline Crosby
Fanny Cunningham
fureWell
Mina Crosby
California
Cunningham
Harry Reid
Albion
Paul Graf
Edinboro
Robert Cherry
Frank Crowell
Lyle Blakeslee
Andrew Miller
Pally Anderson
Harold Halfast
Falfast
Glenwood Pack
Raymond Wiggers Sui
Corry
RG. Gales
Wilson Bossard
Meadyitle
Mibert Lilley
Corry Hospital
Dan Dunning
Raymond Nystrom
Richard Lewis
Elgin
Ed Lane
Anporte
Tnd
Thad Gates
John L. Bridges
Wigin
Arnold “Sehneider
Buffalo
Clyde McCray
Columbus
Bhl
John Wettenburg
Erie
Joseph Demarrel
William Richards
Opal Wade
Incidents and War The Berlin Crisis and historical flashpoints
The piece argues wars erupt from irrepressible conflict or accidental incidents rather than preordained paths. It cites 1898 Cuba tensions after the Maine sinking and Jenkins’ War as examples, and notes Edward VII’s personal dislikes helped trigger WWI era alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Soviet Union
Wvestern
William H. Seward
Spain
Washington
Dordi- Hons
Cuba
Havana
England
Housing fees rise at Pennsylvania state teacher colleges
Harrisburg July 28 housing fees at Pennsylvania's 14 state owned teacher colleges rise by 1 a week starting September 1. Resident students will pay 90 for a nine week period for room meals and limited laundry, up from 81, with a small cofiingent fee to cover misc expenses. The boards and state schools commissioner approved the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Francis B. Hons
Commonwealth
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Dorothy
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Harry Chambers
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Harry Neff
Concord
Charles Porter
Beaver
William Graybill
Harbor Hall Aid Society
Harter Hall
Ald Rooms
Jordan Cole
N. J. Gals
Cath Gates
Allen Gates
Benny Anderson
Mint
John Decker
Henry Ainsworth
Scully
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Stahl Jewelry Co
Associated Press
Guy Huinny
Astonpany
Erie Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Erie, PA
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DuBarry Region
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